06/16/25
Family Vacation Day Five (Monday). Today we went for a hike in the Lost Maples State Natural Area in Vanderpool, Texas.
Family trailhead pic. We are ready to go!
Sister twinseys:
We were excited to have some nice climbing boulders along the trail!
Dancin’ to her music and having a good time:
Luna prefers us to all stay together. The look is “Let’s go mom!!”
Rachel spotted a Texas brown tarantula on the trail!!
We made it to the famous Monkey Rock!!
Of course Lizzy wanted to climb up Monkey Rock and Dad joined her:
It was a more difficult climb than it looked because the rock was slippery:
Coming down is always harder!
We liked Monkey Rock!
Luna is having a great time too:
We got back on the main trail and found some more places to climb:
Just like old times, climbing trees on our hikes:
Lizzy was exploring the Sabinal River and found a crayfish:
Lizzy got brave and held it too:
We got to the “steep and rugged” portion of the trail!:
This is fun!
Halfway to the top!
Lizzy ends up regretting picking up that cactus. She eventually got all the needles out of her fingers. . . lesson learned:
We made it to the top! The Happy Family:
Best of friend sisters enjoying the view and a little rest after the climb:
A beautiful view on a beautiful day!
We found a trail cam and we hammed it up for the camera:
A steep decline!
We made it to the water:
Lizzy jumped in for a swim!:
We were surprised there were picnic tables way out here! Dad relaxed:
Lizzy swam across and under the ledge. She’s brave!
We took a nice long break here:
We got Mom’s phone for some whacky .5 pics:
We even got one of Mom:
Beauty all around!:
This water crossing was not as easy as it looked!
I took an adjacent trail and looked over to see this! Lizzy is definitely having a good time!
Another water crossing. Successful!
We had a wonderful action-packed adventure!
Luna Dog did awesome too!
